The Shipping News
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lasse Hallström
Kevin Spacey
Julianne Moore
Judi Dench
Cate Blanchett
Kaitlyn Gainer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A man makes a journey to self-discovery when he returns to his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland. After the death of his estranged wife, Quoyle's fortunes begin to change when his long lost Aunt Agnis convinces him to head north with his daughter Bunny. He relocates to the small coastal village of Killick-Claw. Now, in a place where life is as rough as the weather and secrets are as vast as the ocean, Quoyle lands a job as a reporter for the local newspaper. He reports on the shipping news as he simultaneously attempts to adjust to his new life and surroundings. In the course of his new career, he confronts private demons, discovers dark family mysteries and finds love with a lonely single mother who has a secret of her own.
Cast
Kevin Spacey
Julianne Moore
Judi Dench
Cate Blanchett
Kaitlyn Gainer
Nancy Beatty
Marc Lawrence
Jason Behr
Rhys Ifans
Katherine Moennig
Gordon Pinsent
Jon Whalen
Roman Podhora
Anthony Cipriano
Scott Glenn
Gary Levert
Ken James
Kathryn Fraser
Larry Pine
Jonathan Creaser
Deborah Grover
Lauren Gainer
Lorne Armstrong
Will Mcallister
Jeannetta Arnette
Pete Postlethwaite
John Dunsworth
Emma Taylor-isherwood
Stephen Morgan
Alyssa Gainer
Kyle Smith
R D Reid
Robert Joy
Luke Fisher
Daniel Kash
Nicole Underhay
Terry Daly
John Maceachern
Andrew Fowler
Crew
Andy Aaron
Keith Adams
Keith Adams
Jamie Alcorn
Deborah Allen
Abby Anderson
Iain Anderson
Mark Anderson
Jason Andrews
Lynn Andrews
Perdita Andrews
Pete Anthony
David Archibald
Regan Avery
John Badcock
Darrell Bailey
Marcella Bailey
Steven Bailey
Mark Bakowski
Helen Ball
Euphema Bannister
Myles Bannister
Kerry Barden
Samantha Barker
Hal Barrett
Paul Barry
Ron Bass
Art Baxter
Donald Beals
Michael B Beaudin
Miriam Bell-irving
Lori Ann Bellefontaine
Rob Benett
Mark Bennett
George Berndt
Stephan Bernier
Richard Betts
Wael Binali
Steve Bissinger
Don Black
Jim Blackmore
Ian Blume
Randy Boliver
Chris Bonnell
Linda Borgeson
Daniel Bradette
David Brennan
Keith Burgess
Charlie Burke
Angus Cameron
Marsha Cameron
Tom Carew
Stanley Carll
Kelly Carmichael
Chris Carriere
Dan Cervin
Tamar Chammou
Jimmy Chow
Blair Christian
Konstantinos Christides
Laura Civiello
Debbie Clarke
Jake Clarke
Shaun R Clarke
Molly Clayton
Chris Cochlin
Johnny Cochrane
Johnny Cochrane
Annie Cohen
David A. Cohen
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio
Ben Conrad
J. C. Cook
Jennifer A Dividoff Cook
Robin D. Cook
Mark Cooper
Jeannine Corkery
Charles Corkum
Michelle Corney
Shelley Cornick
Chris Corrigan
Wayne Corrigan
Paul Cotson
Darryl Couch
Gary Coulter
Chris Couzens
Derek Covey
Fred Cox
Brenda Coxon
Jonathan Creaser
Dermot Crehan
Dorothy Crutcher
Martin Czembor
June Czerwinski
Siloen Daley
Terry Daly
Ronald Daniels
Sean Danischevsky
Gordon Danniels
Peter Daprato
Liz Darhansoff
Susanna David
Evan Davies
John F. Davis
John Dekker
Laurie Delaney
Randy Denison
Michelle Desnoyers
Alan Deveau
Renee Deveraux
Lee Dichter
Keith Dimmer
Deborah Maxwell Dion
Rodney Dominey
Cheryl Dookhan
Sean Doran
Joel Dougherty
Thomas Drescher
Dave Duggan
Stephen P Dunn
Stephen P Dunn
Sarah Dunsworth
Nigel Eaton
Lang Elliott
Sean Emmett
Tom Epperson
Rodney Ernest
Jane Evans
Cydne Fenwick
Robert Fernandez
Jonathan Filley
John Fisher
Luke Fisher
Peggy Fisher
Joel Flewelling
David Footman
Eryn Foster
Susan Foulkes
Gina Fowler
Gerry Gagnon
Sandra Galloway
Caroline Garrett
Glen Gauthier
Melvin Geddes
Stan Gibson
Gert Gielen-macgregor
Gerald Gillis
Rick Gillis
Dan Gliech
Nechama Goldstein
Linda Goldstein-knowlton
Marcus Goodick
Elizabeth Goodridge
Mark Goodwin
Sue Goodwin
Mick Gormaley
Patricia Gosse
Rick Gosse
Shane Gosse
Dan Grady
John Grant
Rachel Grant
Richard Grant
Chris Green
Rich Green
Doane Gregory
David Gropman
John Hadity
Robert Hallett
Richard Hamilton
Gord Hammond
Robert Hardiman
Bill Hardwick
Randy Hardy
Adam Harnish
Charles Harrington
Neil Harrison
Christine Hart
Renee Hartleib
Tracey Hatcher
Anne Haywood
Ella Heneghan
Beth Henley
Erin Hennessey
Dan Henshaw
Harry Higgins
Michael Higgins
Tony Hinnegan
Leslie Holleran
Perry Hookey
Tony Hookey
Billy Hopkins
Daren Howse
Paula Hughes
Linus Hume
Linus Hume
Kevin Hyman
Gerald Jackman
Hilary Nelson Jacobs
Janice Jacobs
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2001 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench).
Winner of the 2001 award for Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett) from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2001
Expanded Release in United States January 18, 2002
Released in United States May 2001
Released in United States February 2002
Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 2001.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 6-17, 2002.
Fred Schepisi was previously attached to direct.
Meg Ryan was previously attached to star.
Columbia pictures was previously partnered with Miramax on this film.
Billy Bob Thornton was previously attached to direct and star.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston were previously attached to star.
Film previously in development at TriStar Pictures.
Authoress E. Annie Proulx reportedly received $1 million for the rights to her novel which was awarded the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Authoress E. Annie Proulx reportedly received $1 million for the rights to her novel which was awarded the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Began shooting March 12, 2001.
Completed shooting June 15, 2001.
2.35:1
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2001
Expanded Release in United States January 18, 2002
Released in United States May 2001 (Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 2001.)
Released in United States February 2002 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 6-17, 2002.)
Nominated for the 2001 Award for Best Production Design in a Feature Film - Contemporary from the Society of Motion Picture & Television Art Directors/ Art Directors Guild (ADG).
